haste
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3.4
- noun
- /heɪst/
:
prisa
- In their haste to finish the project, they overlooked several important details.
- act in haste
- make haste
- undue haste
It was in haste moved to this pit.
- It was in haste moved to this pit.
- So we wouldn't expect to see exemptions extended in like post haste immediately.
- Being myself composed in haste and subject to uncoupling, I too am put together to come apart.
Examples
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Make haste.
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Let us make haste, lest the wind ceases.
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But I must make haste, my friend.
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I demand that you do not act in haste.
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I'm writing this in haste.
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Even with the protection of treated leather, he made haste crossing to the garden gates.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm writing in all haste because I would like to get my diary off to you this morning.
Academic text (1997) -
Is there a reason for your haste you're not telling me?
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You must lead me with all due haste to the castle at Carlyle.
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Indeed, he almost forgets to take their dollars in his haste to hustle them through the double doors.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
How fast someone or something moves
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1.0
A state of acting quickly that often causes mistakes
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1.8
A sudden strong movement or flow caused by urgency and excitement
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2.8
Ability to move the body very fast and with good control
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9.9
A great hurry when moving or doing something
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4.6
Very fast movement, action, or change
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2.9
Great speed in moving or acting
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5.8
Acting or deciding too quickly without enough thought
A feeling of being in a hurry that makes you rush and make mistakes
A quick, often careless movement that can cause mistakes
Quick action that happens immediately
Happening right away with nothing in between
The speed at which something moves or happens
How fast something happens or is done
Antonyms
Idioms
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haste comes from an old Germanic word hast that came into English through French and originally meant 'speed' or 'hurry'. You can see the same idea in the English word hasty, and that's why haste often means doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly and without care.